How Do You Counsel a Self-righteous Person?
1 – You can’t help a self-righteous person because there is no grace for them because they have their self-generated righteousness. They are not sick, needy, or broken; all conditions for grace—the unrighteous soul.
2 – Obviously, we know he’s not self-righteous, but he is stubbornly or ignorantly playing a game and is uninterested in change. God would give grace to him, but because of his pride, God opposes him (James 4:6). https://soundcloud.com/life-over-coffee/ep-435-how-do-you-counsel-a-self-righteous-person?si=86cf5cea7ee744f6801b88325e0513f0&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
The shocking and inspiring story of Sophie Ottaway.
Watch the full interview here: https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-490-sophie-ottaway-engineered-at-birth-to-be-a-girl/
Focus on the Cause, not the Effect, so you can remove the cause and not be affected by the effect.
A local church’s worship value is not primarily about the music but the lifestyle because you never ask, “Are you worshiping?” The reason is that we worship all the time. God made us for worship—wired us for worship, you could say.
Worship is part of what it means to be image-bearers. Who could do otherwise? The better question is, “What or whom do we worship?” https://lifeovercoffee.com/three-characteristics-of-a-fantastic-local-church/
Whenever a person chooses sinful anger, he is, in effect, giving the other person control over him. It’s counterintuitive. In his anger, he is like a marionette, a puppet on a string.
Anger toward someone is the total submission of their thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors to the other person. It is not self-control, as governed by the Spirit of God, but someone out of control or under the control of another spirit. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-110-help-for-the-angry-person/
